The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

CONEY MARK E' AND C OIIIAIXItCTAT. INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. b 341 the day fo r th e assem bli ng of the weekly th " r t of the Bank of England directors draws near, ienamber of bills brought forward for negotiation i Z 1 , 1111811 eg) and business in the general discount et is almost at a standstill. In fact so general to - veea the exp ec t a ti on o f a re duction being made ' t4° l . rovi- in the official quotation, that what was k e e Bter thY an id u Ai s regar d e d to-day in the light of 1 4 , er , t4in tY• The joint stock and private establish -14;11L8 of ery forcibly d e monstrate their view of the p aper o affairs when they are willing to discount Per cent. under the official minimum of per c ent. eteh Ttle re was no ma t er i a l alteration in the foreign 4 , al lge3 i' yesterday afternoon. ' ° ut ,54 000 in gold was taken into the Bank iesterday. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris B nurse this morning, according to Itlot 4 eater's t e l egram , th e 3 per Cent. Rentes were I, ad 66 f. 70o.—Firm on account of the rise in 'ado n. r of eci „ 'ltamermoor, from China with a cargo of r r ,"°h• Was lost i n G a spar Straits. ab ue markets for stocks and shares are tyros favour- Tb°infla2nced by monetary and political ppects. t ete "Peeted reduction of the Bank of England til t°- Morrow, perhaps to 6 per cent., has created tel e . tisf actory feeling i n speculative circles. The q rat h announcing that England had proposed a v, Warerenee for the settlement of the Danish th e a nd that Austria and Prussia had a cce p ted 3 . 41 111.° P°8a1, and promised to suspend operati ons in th e b and, also very materially assisted to influenc e N ee 1 4 " Y of quotations. Both pu r c hases and Do s a -luv e been largely effected, and the Funds ate t er 1I per cent. higher than last evening, Consols Th e na°4l3 Y being 91 a , and for the account 91 f-,. Neal E t -e ' w Threes and Reduced Annuiti es are 911 1 ; lo 4 e , et iller Bills, ss. dis. to par.; India 5 per Cents., and the Bonds 6s. dis. to par. pe. te Fenerai imp rove ment has taken place in the 4 :eto ft Market, a nd business is very active. A u l : e ul have risen 11, viz., to 44j 1; Spanish 13; 4 " , to 341 4; the Certificates are firm, at 141; Greek, a t 221 23 ; Turkish 6 per Cent s . t 6 advanced to 69/ ; do. Consolides , have risen Ait' e j i z., to ; but the Confederate L oan has li med to 52 53. ti ee.e n „ Bi ne 3 s in the Railway Share Market has con- ;11 ip st " moderately ac tive, and prices have in most ala cee slightly improved. Great Eastern , Lan ciahire and Yorkshire, Brighton, aud North Is e -ste rn , have each advanced 5 5., South Eastern 1 1 Midland £l, and Metropolitan £ 2 . :( ie ll n the Foreign and Coloaial undertakings there 1(c li nt much variation. a t , 411 k and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in- et le e " at slightly enhanced rates. London and et,c, ni e4ta llester realise 801; Alliance of L on d on and 4 ' 13 ° 01 , 46 3 47 ; Oriental Bank, 641; South s 1(t( k ern Banking Company are quoted 1 to 1 1 1( j 41 ',.; Ottom an Financial Association, to 1 prem.; 1 1 ; Se curities,la 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ip er °l l o n.N. Nr. ENT FUNDS. t ) „ , - , erit. c onso l s 3 1 , e :t r ? Account, March 5 - I ii ew k,eat. Reduced 4, 3 Per Cent 91.1 a ,4uities, 30 Ts expire 6th Jan., 188 0 -- D itto u 1, 1 . 30 3 , expire sth April, 1885. itto (Red geas'Telegraph), Aug. 1908. lehe quer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par Ditto £SOO t, Ditto £lOO and £ 2OO 4 . par 23f;i 97i l ik England Stk, 41 per Ct., last h..-yr. 4 ~ 1 'il:)I& N " GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 71(141 Stock, - C t April 1874. •• • b i ,. 101 per en ~ 218 Ditto Account ........... : ..... .. ... .. .. . b i l,tl , o 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . . . 1 . 04 i i i b i ‘? Account ................... 1 1 ' 4 ? 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Dit to Enfaced - Iper, 4 per Cent .. * -11 1to 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Ditto bf per Cent., May, 18 7 9 — Di tto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds Sl,000 Ditto under £1,000 11 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. r ,azilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto, 1863 rittoScrip, 1863, £55 paid e ll' ell OB Ayres 6 per Cent Ptian 7 per Cent.. .. 1031 rAtto, Second Issue —'kil -see.lt tto 6 pe r Cent, 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 2 - 3 i 2i nt I.) . It D itto it t? Account Neau 3 per Cent k uit to Account Granada 45/ 41 a 4 a 4 w 14/ D itto 2 per Cent. — oltto Deterred — e • l ipvlan 41 per Cent — . Ditt o Account . 1) 1 . 4 3 per Cent. .................... D itto 4 1 per Cent., 1862 .......... • _ ht? A.ccount N ultto 1/ per Cent pit.l)l7iligu3ese guess . 3 per Cent., 1853 • Account ............•• , Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 60, 62,'3 471 i 8 4 I l i ' ii i t it t i tl 4 46 : c p .o e u r u c t en t . 1822, £St 93 per Cent 1850 ............ Di per 3- per Cent., 1859 __ __ % ,, a; . ::: 5 per Cent, 1862 ............. B _ 3l li Account ....... i lieh 3 Cent 'rDitt o New Deferred o A ccount Op PREiSiV - 311 IS i t it : B o h4 A C c e e r ° t ll . t o let f Coup not funded .. — Zzrkis _ccount l4 vino per Cent. 1851 — bit.. Account 9ll I) 4.Per Cent. 1858 711— i bitt o `t„etount nit's iOO Bonds 13 itt o v Per Cent. 1862 .. 69/ I V _ bitt,, Account .euezuileloo Bonds .................. —. bitt O . 4 3 per Unit. ........ . bitt Account 25 41. Ditto As B Per Cent., 1862 Itali an l) irr u d it the above payable in Lond .. en Bon . , u- Ditto Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs. : — 67 i Aceoutu, - L).••• ' t o ,,_ ~ 4 013 N TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto r°lleY t 911 1 to A ccoun Li verpool Cotton Market—This Day. Mark 1 1 04 8 et steady. Sales about 5,000 bales. Im -666; previously, 9,007. The Danish Cruiser, Th e T N PL YMO UTH, Wednesday, 10 a.m. anish frigate Niels Sue', 46, Capt. Gotlieb, w pr e a returned t o th e Sound on Monday afternoon , it h wring to start again, and she has filled up b . coal. 41er destination is unknown. The re-engaFe• m eat of the Plymouth Branch pilot indicates an In- D clo l° , ll of resuming her search for p r izes near this (4, ' b ut it is rumoured that she will shortly go to ,Penhaß„ ktl th • 4 041 Channel the wind is blowing st ron g l y the eastward. A tt, trI3LE MURDERER.—A fellow named James of:") a costermon ger, who in 1856 was convicted . /e tt - ,..! tiB laughter in killing his wife, and sentenced to six ) 1 ,6.7' Penal servitude, was yesterday brought before the 4 4 : ln egistrates, charged with the murder of a woman i te —el Susan Cleverley, with whom he cohabited. The vij liest upon the body of deceased was held on the pre "ening, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned. f t P ri soner, it seems, had lived with deceased almo st a ti ° ,l; h tll2 Cole of the expiration of his previous sentence , h er e evidenc e s h owe d that he had continuously treated la m . the most brutal manner. On Tuesday morning th' ) between one and two o'clock, the persons living in th e sa me house, No. 3, Little Corn-street, Bath, ar.d also in and adjoining houses, were awoke by cries of "Murder," by noises as of a person jumping upon some substance. T h ill was th e b ru t e j um pi n g upon the body of the deceased. ll eighbours, upon rushing to the room, found the g ric can upon th e fl oor bleeding profusely from the face, h P „ t he prisoner, in reply to their questions, admitted that 1 3 ,, 1 " 1 inflicted the injuries. A policeman was called in, t th e unhappy wo man refused to give him into cus -I:e,. s aying that if she did so he would be sure to kill r afterwards. The brutal rascal would not touch her in b e ,: l ' el lne of th e p o li ce man, but as soon as he had left ran Z a " ilt the house with a poker seeking his paramour, who N,,setight refuge in a fellow lodger's room, swearing he ` 14, (1 kill her and any one who harboured her, The un ;111Y woman died from the injuries on Sunday morning. bo dY was ft i4alully bruised, and the medical evidence "FY showed that death was caused by injury to the brain r er tl iting from the prisoner's blows, He hRs been conlruittctl murder. SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuh,S. I Closing Business Share Railways. done. Price. 8 Ei 8i 9 85 67 120 121 O 7i 37 39 16 17 94} Vsi 106 tos 981'`i 47 49 76 8 120 13) 131 1 3 4 134 1 36 95 97 G4j G 5 111 i 112 72 74 104 iC6 - ;-9 41 110 1101, voi 100 3 , 51i 521 I 107} 10371 130 1301 li lid 99 101 51 65 24 t 6 IC3i IC4 - 68 69 91! D2l 125 130 14 24 1 77 3 / 4 781 11 11 3 / 4 123 1211 42 44 9S 100 634 641 .34 16 4'41 As,} 100 1(2 Ai i 18 39 9 10 p 7i 8 i 105 170 54 6 3} 4i pi 88 92 22 21 ,S LON S. Clogiog Price. 59 --- 1 -- 103 101 1) 1 P P 1 p 5 2 bi 76 86 100 102 100 102 105 106 IC3li 1 1. 44, 19i 2 i 1 72 04 56 6) 66 60 50 53 49 52 30 (2 20 28 22 C 5 103 104 I 1 102 i 1031 9} 10 It 10V 92 94 F 5 87 P by 102 i )03j 96 03 v 2 96 53 6 8 5 82 L 4 102 103 1(2 1031 iP 102 103 13.14.1 Bir., WA, and Str. Val. 15 Blythe and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co. st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A(A gets no div 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. I 60 Dublin & Belfast Junc.! 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. at Edinburgh & Glasgow.' st Glasg. and S. Western.; st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian at st GreatNorthof Scotland st Great North ern ...... • • Et De .A stock at 1,0 B do et Gt. S. and W. of Ireland at Great Western ...... • • at Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwell st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Chat, and Dover st Lon. & North Western st Lan. & Sw.th Western st Man., She., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 3 / 4 Dot shares.. at Metropolitan et Midland .4. 0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares Z 6 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 3t Nth. Eastern—Berwlok :5 Do, G.N.E. purohasc st Do Leeds st Do York st Do Carlisle at North London 10 Do New .15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stoc , , at Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 0 Shrews. and Welclipou, at Shropshire Union st South Deron st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. 26 Stockton & Darlington 26 Do 15 Do New, 180 G it Taff Vale.. • • _0 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 5 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath ;t Victoria eta. and Pim a Waterford & Kilkenny it West Cornwal► it W. Hartlepool Har.&R it West Midland --Oxford it Do Newport it Do Hereford BRITISH. P gal lwftys It!antic & St Lawreno f10m.,13. - troda.t.Ccut Inn I Gu. kper oeut... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... .0§ Buffalo and Labe Huron 10 Do. Preferenoe .... • • )0 IButralo,Brant,&Godrieli p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 )0 Do. do. July 1, 187 - - ')o. do. Jude 1, k;‘) it Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Lin ) st Cape Town 4 - , Dock Seri! ,ock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. rek East Indian. go. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. .. )ck Grand Trunk of Canada )0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. 10 Do. do. deferred...... 10 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d Piet stock £OO Do. do. deferred...... 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook... 100 Do. do. deferred...... stook Gt.lndlaPenin.g-ua.sp.c. Do. New gua:s p. Do. January, 1862 .. 1k Gt. South.ot India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share: oi 4 Do. New • 0 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. 10 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... [0 Indian Branch Limited ).3k Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. )ck Do. it p. c. Extension ook Do. 14 d 0........ 10 Do. Fifth Extension. ook Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. 00 Do. 7p. c. hlortg. Bds. Newßrunswick Candy Class A. and B. N. Itl.C'das po Ist pt bds took Soinde ----- lock Do. Delhi 4 4, 20 Do. d0... :( N 0 et Do. Puujaub Do. Do. ........ ik Do. Indue.St. Flo. SSE Paid. all lOU 7i all all Lou ,cOO 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 'lOO all 1 100 100 usines4 done 59} 1C3.1 104 4 53} i 24 224 1031 4i 103% 3 108 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. csn.Uov. 6 p.c.J wy 1877- Si lOO 101 103 Fa Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 09 101 1005 1 Do. 6p. a. Mar. & Sept 100 102 104 Do. Ip. c. JanAtJuly lOC 8J B 1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 89 51 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1871 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 108 110 Do. 181 a 100 110 112 , Do. Jan. & July, 1891 103 108 109 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111 !Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 108 110 N.B.Gov. p.o.Ja.&,Jul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 188 c 100 r 99 100 Dv. sp. c.,18t1 to 157( 100 99 10) 994 Do. u0.,1888 ti;upwdy 100 99 100 99, I --. New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ICS 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 108 105 Queensland Gov. ap. C lOO S.Aus G6p.c.1878.6c up lOO 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JadOuly 100 Do. to Sox. An.&Oot.. 100 110 111 1104 BRITISH MINES. 2 ICam6rian Consol. Gold 1 id cliffurd Amalgamated.. 30 87 Devcn G. Con, Javist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 63 70 East Clogau G old Ltd. East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 28 7 29 29 --- I East Cam Brea.. - E. trl Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 44 41 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 581 10 11 ( Great South Tolgus l 7s 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Heston 40 20 21 224 !Grenville . j Ilemd's-Foot 8.12 85 37 Ilingston Downs 4. 8.0 4/ 41 Lady Bertha Hargaret I tiny Lelaut it 17 19 Nlarke V alley.. 4 .ilyndy iron Ore (Lima 31 14 1 d New Seton l9l S i 95 - • North Downs 2t 11 24 1 N.W h 1 Basset (111o4an 3.1. 0 2 2 5 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (est. Blazey; - c erovidenee(UnyLelnt.) 10.6. 7 41 46 - South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 440 460 S. Cam Brea (11logan) — - Wheal Fran. (Moon 18.18.0 05 60 !Stray Park 30.17.6 23 31 I ramar Silv.& Lead Min. Croit I 14 205 • Wes., Basset (Illogan) l5 1 11 12 1V C , radon (Liskeard, 5 21 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5/ 190 2JO Wheal Buller (Itedruth; 10 875 924 Wheal Kitty ( U.Lelant) 2.0.6 38 40 WhealLudeott Wheal MaryAnni,:den ) 8 135 115 Wheal 3eton . 584 175 185 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 - , Wheal Union 3.17 25 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1011 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & G. 95 7 61 Shrew.bury and Hereford, 138} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Copenhagen. lim., 2; Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 20-1 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11; Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo aim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 2011 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 81 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.' Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 402 7 Ditto, new, 31; Anglo Austrian, 5; 81 Bank of Egypt, 26 Bank of London. 167 Bank of Otago, Ilm., 3 Bank of New Zealand. 151 Chartered Bank of India, Australia , and Ditto, new, issued at £lO pm, 311 City, 115; Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, Urn., 81 East London, lim., 81 English and Irish (lim.), 121 European Bank, Rm., 9 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 301 Imperial Bank (11m.), 30 1 Imperial Ottoman, 18f ; Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 3; London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, issued at 11 pm , 5 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London and Comity, 59 London Joint Stock, 38 London and South American, lim., gi London and Westminster. 79A . t•Oi Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), New South Wales, 50S 511 Oriental Bank Corporation. 64k Seinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, lim., Ditto, new, 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 41 Commercial Union (Insurance), 10 Contract Corporation, Um., 51 Crystal Palace, 311 East India irrigation and Canal, 31 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 41 Electric Telegraph. 1061 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., Joint.stock Discount, Bin. ' 6 7,; London F i nan sial Association, lim., Loudon Provincial Marine, 31 3 National Discount Comp iny, lira., Ilf ; Ocean blarine (Insurance), 191 Societe Financiere d' r:gypte, lim,, 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7 Universal Marine (Insurance), lim., 4; A DESCENDANT OF " OLD PARR."—JaMeti Parr died last wecii in St. Udell's, dying in a garret, attended as an act of charity by a philanthropic surgeon. James was said to be c . .r).VCII to drinking, poetry, and painting. THE OF TUE EU VAL SOCIETY OF MUSD. cuiNs will take place on the 15th of March, 49 i 471 THE SUN, LOICIJON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE STRONSBERG. This was an application for release from custody. The bankrupt is described as Ferdinand Phillip Fischel Strom berg, late of Jermyn-street, St. James's, and Oakley, Sur rey, and now a prisoner for debt in Whitecross .street, gentleman. The bankrupt applied for his discharge on a former occa sion, he having executed a deed of arrangement ; the appli cation, however, was refused by Mr. Cmmissioner Goul burn, and a similar application to one of the learned judges at chambers was also refused. He was then adjudicated bankrupt, and now applied for his release under the bank ruptcy. Mr. Reed opposed on the part of the Western Assurance Company, who are creditors to the extent of £l,OOO, and said that at present there were no materials before the Court from which his Honour could judge of the reasonableness of the application, no statement of accounts having yet been filed. His Honour declined to interfere until after the choice of assignees. The Metropolitan General Life Assurance Company are creditors for £909, and the Mitre General Life Assurance Company for L 1,090. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) RE W. C. SELBY. _ This was a meeting for choice of assignees. The bank rupt was a farmer at Ightham, near Sevenoaks, and his debts were about £5OO. Upon the application of Mr. Wetherfield, solicitor, of Moorgate-street, the meeting was adjourned by the Registrar, to enable the bankrupt to carry out a contemplated compromise. One creditor only appeared to-day, and consented. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. AIARLBOROUGH-STREET. SELF-ACCUSATION OF A. WITNESS—OFFERING STOLEN PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Two young men named George and William Holding was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with offering for sale a silver fork, supposed to be stolen. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners went to the shop of Mr. Jacobs, a jeweller, Oxford-street, and George offered a silver fork broken in two and with a crest partly erased for sale. Inspector Bowles happening to be passing at the time was called in, and the prisoners given into his custody. Upon this William started off. The in. specter left George in charge of the persons in the shop, and pursued William as far as Old Cavendish-street, where he was stopped, and then, with the other prisoner, taken to the station, when George said, " I'm sure it is not stolen (mean ing the fork), for I received it from my cousin William." The prisoner William then said, "Three weeks ago I re ceived it from Emma Wrag, at 65, Cambridge• terrace, Hyde-park, She told me she had found it in the house, and that it had been left behind by some person who had previously lived there." Inspector Bowles afterwards went to No, 4, Eastbourne-terrace, where Emma Wrag was servant to Mrs. Hallein, and Emma Wrag said she did not give him (William) the fork, and could not have thought he would have done such a thing; and on the inspector goic g to 65, Cambridge-terrace, he ascertained that the fork was the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and had been stolen from the plate-basket in the kitchen on the 6th of this month. The young-woman, Emma Wrag, got into the witness box, and said that both the young men at the bar were in nocent, that she had taken the fork herself, and given it to the prisoner William. Mr. Tyrwhitt told the young woman that she had better be careful or she might criminate herself. She had better stand down. Mr. Norton, solicitor, and landlord of the house, 65, Cambridge-terrace, identified the fork as the property of Lady Letitia Otway, and said he missed it on the 6th of the present month. The prisoners were remanded to see what steps Lady Letitia Otway intended to take. Mr. Greenall, tailor, of 325, Oxford-street, in whose em ploy the prisoner William had been for some time, gave him a good character, and offered to become bail for him. Tho young woman, Emma Wrag, and the prisoner William, had both lived in his service while in Conduit-street, and always behaved themselves very well. He believed they had been keeping company together. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the young men, and took Mr. Greenall's bail for William. WILFUL DAMAGE AND MURDEROUS Ass.kuLT.—Ellen Carmody, residing at 8, Smith's-court, Great Windmill street, was charged beforo Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a plate of the value of £3, at the Crown public house, Crown-court, Little Fulteney-street, the property of Mrs. Eliza White, the landlady, and also with assaulting Miss Ellen White, the niece of Mrs, White, and Eliza Cook, the servant. Miss White said that on the previous night the prisoner and another female came into the house and had a pint of porter. They did not pay for it, but went out. She went after them and tapped the prisoner on the shoulder and told her she had not paid for tho porter. The pri soner said—" I'll show you if I have not paid for it," and then came back and made use of very bad language. After some trouble she was got outside, and for five minutes beat the window with her hand, but not being able to break it by that means she took off her boot and smashed a pane of plate glass of the value of £3. She then got into the house again and tried to attack her (wit ness) but she got out of the prisoner's way, and the ser vant (Eliza Cook) came to her assistance, when the prisoner took up a piece of glass and struck the servant a fearful blow on the:head with it, cutting it very badly and deluging her with blood. She also seized a pint pot to attack her (witness's) aunt. Eliza Cook, servant to Mrs. White, proved seeing the prisoner smash the plate of glass, and said that in trying to keep the prisoner off her young mistress, she took up a pint pot to strike her with it, and on her (witness) taking it from her she stooped down and picked up a piece of glass (a formidable weapon in the hands of an infuriated person, it being of a triangular shape, and jagged), and struck her a severe blow on the head with it. The prisoner then took up a side door shutter, and swore she would smash her brains out. The effect of the blow was that her head was severely cut, all her clothes were saturated with blood, and she was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where ha head was dressed. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner would be remanded for a week. In the event of the young woman Cook having erysipelas and dying, the prisoner would be tried at the Old Bailey. Under any circumstances the prisoner would have very severe punishment. Remanded. THAMES. STEALING TEA IN TIIE LONDON D o ex.—William Potter, aged 44, a carman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 31bs of tea. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was in the London Dock with his master's van and horses, and assisting in loading his van with chests of tea from one of the ware houses. While the loading of the van was going on, the prisoner was away from it several minutes in the warehouse. The prisoner was leaving the dock with his team and load of tea when he was stopped by Edward Ellis, a dock con stable, who discovered a horse's nose bag in the van which contained another bag filled with 31bs of tea. The pri soner, on being asked where he obtained the tea, replied, " it's only sweepings." The tea was of the best quality, and quite clean. A chest of tea was discovered to have been broken open in the warehouse on the west quays, from which the prisoner had been loading teas. The tea in the nose bag and the tea in the broken chest were of the same quality and colr,ur. Mr. Paget sentenced the prieoner to be imprisoned for two mont',a and kept to hard labour. SAV 'LOB ASSAULT ON THE MASTER OF A WORKHOUSE. — Plenry Silva, an able-bodied pauper, chargeable to the ..-oplar Union, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with committing a violent assault on Mr. J. Speed, the master of the union workhouse, in High-street, Poplar. The prisoner is a very disorderly fellow. He has been chargeable to the Poplar Union for seven years, and he has been in tho practice of neglecting his work, and acting in a turbulent manner. Yesterday he was making a noise, and on being desired by the master to desist and attend to his work, he put the master at defiance and said he would do no work. The master• expostulated with him, and was about to remove him from the ward he was in when the pri soner made a furious attack on Mr. Speed, struck him sevo r.l times, and marked his face. Mr. Paget said this was a very bad case of insubordina tion and violence, for which he sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months, and hard labour. CHILD BURNT TO DEATII.—An inquest was yesterday held in Ponton-street, Newington, on the body of James Taylor, six years of age. It appears that the child was in a room by itself, when its clothes by some means caught fire. Although immediate help was rendered, and the flames extinguished at once, the poor little fellow was so severely burnt that his life could not be preserved. The persons who entered the room, attracted by the cries of the child, found a number of lucifer-matches strewn about the floor. There was also another child, three years of age, in the room. It appears that the mother was uut washing, she being obliged to maintain herself and three children while her husband was in prison for having committed an assault upon her. She had applied for relief to the parish, but was "offered the house," which she refused. PRIZE DESTCINS.--" Undoubtedly, however, the finest show in this respect is made by Benson, who offered prizes for designs for watchcases at the South Kensington Museum, and who by this means has secured some of the most ex quisite ornamental details for watch cases that are shown in the building."—Times, May 7, 1862. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeater?, centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all climates. Be lson's illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps)contains a short history of watchmaking, with prices, from 3to 200 guineas each. It acts as a guide in the purclia2e of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honoLrable mention, classes 33 and is. J. W. Ben Son, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Esta blished 1749. Watch and clock maker by special warrant of appoix.tment to 11.1i,11. the Prince of Wales. THE FLOWERY LAND, William Taffer, second mate of the Flowery Land, writes to the Times as follows :—I notice in t Times of Saturday last a letter from " G. R. Steot, Chancellor to the Spanish Consulate," which contains some few remarks, and if allowed to go unnoticed may be rec eived as facts, and be very injurious to my character. I wish to notice particu larly the sentence :—" It should be remembered that at this time all the men, Taffer included, were intoxicated." This is altogether untrue, as I never was intoxicated on board the Flowery Land, and I have :my characters to show that lam and always been a sober me n. Should this at all be disputed, I could refer to two captains who are here at the present time—namely, Capt. Marshal 1, of the barque Ram bler, with whom I sailed for two yeess as boatswan and se cond mate; and Capt. Edwards, of the barque Investigator with whom I sailed five months. I have also many others to whom I could refer who have kwawn me for years. I most distinctly deny the charga of b sing drunk, and hope you will allow this denial to appear in the Times. Hal I been drunk at the time we should all have been drowned, for the boats were nearly drawn down with the ship by the eddy, and had I not prevailed upon the men to pall the boat out of the eddy we must have been sucked down,as they appeared quite ignorant of the danger. It is even wrong in stating that the whole of the men were drunk, as most of them were very sober men— particularly the llanillamen. Mr. Stoet alsd says,—" The men could neither understand their officers nor make themselves understood by them, and their delay in obeying orders was interpreted as laziness or insubordination, and punished accordingly. Short allow ance of food and water is an intolerable punishment in the tropics." _ _ Lyons acted as interpreter in the chief mate's watch, and Paul in the captain's watch, and there was no insubordina- tion on board except with Carlos, and he was the only one in any way punished. There was no short allowance of either food or water, as we had been cut 32 days, and she was provisioned for six months, and as far as sharing any rations with them I never had any rations shared out, as I always had my mess in the cabin with the captain, his brother, and mate. As to the men who have been reprieved I will not say a word; but as to those five who have suffered this morning they were the groetost villains that ever lived, and all were guilty of the crime for which they have been executed. MARKETS—This Day. 'MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane to .day the arrivals of homegrown wheat were very moderate. Sales, however, progressed slowly in all qualities ; nevertheless prices ruled firm. There were several parcels of Monday's unsold produce on the stands. There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat on offer. The business transacted was chicfly in small parcels, at the full prices current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at late rates. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm, at fully previous quotations ; otherwise the barley trade was quiet, at late prices. Malt sold steadily, at full quotations. With oats the market was modsrately supplied. Gene rally speaking, the trade was in a sluggish state, yet prices ruled stationary. Beans and peas were in slow request, at fully the late decline in the currency. In flour about an average buEiness was transacted, at late prices. ARRIVALS THI3 Wheat. Barley. Malt Oats. Flom. 390 I 480 I 369 1 2,690 240 Irish..— t). 8,330 , 1,030 3,670 460 sks, brls BOROUGH HOP. The demand for hops is by no means active, nevertheless prices were very firm. ..... rm..... IVIIITECAPEL. But moderate supplies of wheat are on sale, and the trade is very firm, at the annexed cirrency :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; veal, 35 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, Fob. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North. East; moderate breeze, and ane weather. PLYMOUTH, Fob, 23, Arrived—lvanhoe, from London for Canterbury, N.Z. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 23.—Wind E.S.E,—Arrived—Jot, from Demerara for Sunderland. (BY MIGNETIC TELECIIIPH.) GRA.TESEND, W3dnesday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 22—Solid, from Groningen ; Coldstream, from Lisbon; Haabet, from Holmstadt, Arrived, Feb. 24—Jules, from Oranliaes ; Earl Albert, from Landacrona. Sailed, Feb. 23—Rambler, for Trinidad; Mary Ann, for Corfu; Trade Wind, for St. Kitt's. Sailed, Feb. 24—Matilda, for Falkland Isles; William Tell, for Belize; Rainbow, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Louise, of Arundel, from North. for West.; The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.35 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 178. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appenrs that gold is about 3-10 the per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 423 i per mark and the short exchange on London is 13,41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather more than 2-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in liam burg The course of exchange at New York on London for hills at 60 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 691 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THEATRE OF WAR IN SCHLESWIG.—Under this head Mr. Wyld has published a fresh instalment of his maps illustrating the progress of the war now raging in Denmark. This last instalment leaves nothing to be de- sired. The town of Duppel, backed by the island of Alsen, is set forth with great distinctness, while the entrenchments thrown up by the Danes and the positions occupied by the allies are also made distinctly visible. This new map is an indispensable companion to sil who wish to follow intelli- gently the newspaper accounts of the progress of the war. TITLED AND UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY. — When Louis XVI. ordained that no ore should be pre sented at Versailles unless he could prove four hundred years of "gentility," in other words, that his ancestors bore arms before 1403, many counts and marquises were re jected as unworthy, though m any an untitled gentleman, as old as Hampden of Hampden, l e ft his tower or chateau, and posted up to court to establish his right. Every gen tleman, on hie pedigree being certified, was invited to join the royal hunt; and this privilege was entitled le drat de »writer dans la carosse dee Iloi, The plain squire, to whom this right was allowed, was always held to be really supe rior even to the count or marquis whose claim was rejected. Were the same standard of gentility in vogue at St. James's, many an old English squire and highland chieftain would bear away the palm of ancestry, while many a noble peer would, as at a tournament , have to " ride the barriers."— Once a Week. A YOUNG " SWELL "—Thackeray has made the word classical—who thoroughly enjoys the Paris life, which, from station and fortune he is fully qualified to lead, betook himself, says a contemporary, six months ago to Poland, where he fought like a hero in the insurgent ranks merely from the love of the cause. He was shot through the body, but was fortunately rescued from the claws of the Russian bear, and got back to Paris ; he is now nearly well. " Mon cher," said a friend to him only yester day, " thou art well—we shall see thee directly at the club."• " Yes," replied M. de —, " for a day or two, but the moment I can travel Igo back to my corps." Chivalry still exists even in 1864. AN EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE.—Replying to a slerical del utation the other da y Victor Emmanuel is re ported to have said—" I am aware a r epor t i s c i rc ulated of my being on ill terms with the Iloly F at h er, from whom I nevertheless again received, during the past year, further proofs of affection on the occasion of my daughter's mar riage. His Holiness has invited me to Rome. I will add that I am in correspondence with him, and that I have good hopes that the time is not far distant when all differences will disappear." Mr. SAMUEL SHARPE was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on the 4th of February. interesting discovuy has been made of cor respondence and literary papers of William Hone, author of the " Everyday Book." THE SLOW Moen OF INTELLECT.—Catkins is now a respectable young man, though I have known him to be otherwise. He has a young wife and child, and lives in another of our "models,' Th e c hild was l a t e ly taken ill, so Catkins tells me, and adi s that " no d oc t ors , neither parish nor 'firmary, can cure Um." I answer, that with a mother's care and nursing the child may outgrow the disease. " There is a quicker way,,, he replies, myste• riously, " if it warn% fur a d!flieult:, wo are afraid of." Ho is going to take the child some flue morning before long, at sunrise, to a young ash sailing hard by. The sapling is to be split. The chid is to be strip ped. Catkins is to be permitted to hold the split parts of the sapling far enough astnder to allow his in fant to be passed between them by th e w i se woman , w hil e she repeats mysterious words, which. either ho does not know, or he dares not communicate, After this is done, the sapling will be carefully bound toget ber, and its wound will be plastered with mud and clay. if the tree grows , th e child certainly recovers ; if it dies, o r i s cut down , th e dis ease returns, and will remain for lif e. " And here ," says Catkins, "is the deuce of it all. All the sticks in these parts is wanted for hop-poles every tin or twelve year, and the cure is never safe, because folks won't lot 'em bo and grow into tiinber."—.Dickeny's " old the year ,Ronne?.". SPORIING INTELLIGENCE, LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. The uncertain state of the weather had a very material influence on the fortunes of this popular meeting; and the influx of both biped and quadruped into the town was limited in consequence. Chelmsford had this year stolen a march on the Northern fixture, but still Lincoln is pre eminently to racing men the opening of the season " on the flat," and a generally successful gathering rewards the exertions of the committee. Althou , h the attendance was small the fields were large, all things considered, For the Trial Stakes 11 came to the post, Backland being made the favourite, but Anglo-Saxon secured a very easy victory for his owner. The same number of youngsters put in an appearance for the Brocklesby Stakes, Walter Baby and Blackbird being the. most fancied by " the talent." But Mr, Hodgman's colours, which showed so :suspiciously at Chelmsford, were again borne in the van by his Wind hound filly. The lot, however, was but an indifferent one. The City Handicap was a very easy affair for Reindeer, who won as he liked. A good race for the Steeplechase wound up a capital day's sport, The course was heavy. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each. with 25 added; 3-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; 4-yr-olds, Sat 10Ib ; 6-yr-olds, Oat Sib; G-yr olds and aged, 9st 101 b. One mile. Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, Gst 13Ib (Loates) I Mr.G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Gat 131 b (Whiteley) 2 Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, fist slb ....(Watkins) 3 The following also ran!:—Bird, Buckland, Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, Flying Fish, and The Sapper. Betting-3 to 1 agst Buckland, 4to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon and Partisan, 100 to 15 agst Redcap and Siva, and 10 to 1 agst Dovedale. Siva took up the running, followed pretty closely by Buckland, Anglo-Saxon, Partisan, and Guerilla; East minster, who gat badly off, bringing up the rear. They continued pretty much in this order to the turn into the straight,where Anglo-Saxon drew to the front, and Partifian and Siva mining wide out of the course, he took a clear lead and wonin a canter by three lengths ; four lengths separating Partisan from Siva. Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, and Buck land were all together. Eastminster did not pass the post. The Brocklesby Stakes of 6 sow; each, with 40 added ; for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. Half a mile. Mr Hodgman's Windhound filly (Perry) 1 Mr Samuel's Blackbird.... Mr Savile's La Mechante The following also ran :—Tho Grappler, Simple Maid, Zizi, Lovelace, Water Baby, Britannia, Catalogue, and Brown Bread. Betting-3 to 1 agst Water Baby and Blackbird, sto 1 agst La Mechante, 8 to 1 agst Grappler, 10 to 1 each agst Windhound filly, Lovelace, Britannia, and Brown Bread. They got off with a capital start at the first attempt, the lead being taken by La Mechante, with Grappler, Blackbird, and Mr Hodgman's filly in close attendance. Water Baby, Lovelace, and Brown Bread were in the next division. At the distance the Windhound filly and Blackbird joined issue, but the former had the best of it and went in a winner by half a length, the same distanco separating the second and third. Lovelace was fourth, and clove up with him Cata logue. The Grappler was sixth, Brown Bread seventh, Britannia brought up the rear. The winner has been named Vision, The City Handicap of 3 soya each, with 40 added. Six furlongs. Mr F Fisher's Reindeer, 6 yrs, 7st Maidment) 1 Mr T Cliff's Ossian, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr J Abel's Camperdown ' 6 yrs, Bst Mr T Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs, 7st 2lb .. (Whiteley) 4 Mr F Stanley's Miss Emma, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ..(Hibberd) 5 Mr J Ridley's Wensley colt, sst 12Ib (Carroll) 6 Mr Bird's Lady of the Isles, 6st 91b...,....(E. Taylor) 7 _ _ _ Betting-3 Co 1 each agst Reindeer and Obsian, 7to 2 agst Miss Emma, 8 to 1 agst Camperdown, and 10 to 1 agst the Wensley colt. Reindeer made the running, with Campordown and Ossian close up, and, gradually increasing his lead, won as he liked by six lengths, three lengths separating the second and third. Nothing else was in the race. The Grand Steeplechase (handicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft, _ __ _ and only 3if declared, with 80 added. Four miles. Mr Welfitt's Rook the Gardener, 6 yrs, lOst lllb (W. White) 1 Mr Newman's Magician, aged, 10st 101 b (Mr G. Walker) 2 Mr Wright ns Bridegroom (I) b), aged, list 21b (Mr G. llarford) 3 Mr Welfitt's Creole, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr Goodman) 4 Mr G. Simpson's Red Robin, aged, 12st 21b (Mr W. Simpson) 5 The following also ran :—llarkaway, Pine Apple, King ton, Malta, Cadet, and Baron of Avon. Betting-3 to 1 agst Baron of Avon, 4to 1 agst Pine Apple, 6 to 1 agst Rook the Gardener. Cadet went in front, followed by Malta and Rook the Gardener, the - rest in single file. Cadet kept the lead until the second round, when he resigned in favour of ine Apple, whe continued it up the hill with Rook the Gardener, Baron of Avon, and Magician well up. Rook the Gardener headed them on entering the straight, and won by two lengths, a neck separating the second and third. A good fourth. BETTING AT MANCHESTER,YEsTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Bantam (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered) 20 to agst Jerusalem (taken freely) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon (7 to 2 taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 20 to 1 Bar one (oaered) STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Feb. 23,—1n shipping yarns we learn that there is literally no business doing for any market, and! that to effect sales lower prices would have to be taken. Telegrams from Calcutta are considered favourable, but they have led to no business here, and the market closes very quiet. The demand for home-trade yarns has been very languid. Prices are easier, but not quotably lower, In cloths the demand has been quite as languid as that for yarns, and to effect sales manufacturers would have to give way in price, This, as a rule, they are unwilling to do, but sellers holding stocks have shown same disposition to meet the wishes of buyers, and in such oases some few sales have been effected. The aggregate business of the day, how ever, is understood to have been of a very limited character. A telegram from Calcutta, two days later than that brought by last mail, speaks of a rather improved market, and of shirtings selling at rather better prices ; but these advances have led to no business in Manchester to-day. From Shanghai the news brought by this mail speaks of a money panic; exchange, 7s. The arrivals of cotton in this country are likely to increase, and Messrs. Whit worth and Co, have put out a circular giving the total arrivals in Liverpool last week at 45,935 bales, and in London at 14,623 bales. They estimate the total arrivals this year at 226,358 bales, and state the quantity at sea from India, China, and Japan to the 20th of February at 555,651 bales, of which 456,987 had been shipped for Liverpool and the re mainder for London. Of this quantity, however, upwards of 190,000 were from China and Japan, which are rather small bales. There seems to be some disposition here to enter on time bargains, and it is said that one manufacturer has contracted to deliver 10,000 pieces of cloth per month till Septem ber at a decided reduction in current prices. Messrs. J. Slagg and Co. report of to-day's cloth-market : " The late India telegrams, though reporting de cidedly more favourably of those markets, have failed to produce any movement here. To-day we have a dull market, with no disposition to operate. Prices, though nominally unchanged, tend, if any thing, in favour of buyers." LEEDS, 231—The inclemency of the weather still operates prejudicially on the woollen cloth trade, buyers postponing purchases of spring and summer goods until winter has more nearly de parted. To-day's market, upon the whole, was of a quiet character in both the white and the coloured cloth halls, but in the aggregate as much cloth changed hands as on this day se'nnight. The great bulk of the goods sold were light materials, among them being white and fancy diagonals for ladies' wear, as well as a fair portion of meltons and tweeds. Bright colours aro likely to prevail among ladies' goods, and buyers are on the look-out for novelties. Good black cloths keep in moderate request. The manufacturers are all in steady work, and their stocks are not at all in excess of what is usual. The wool trade is without material change. The flax trade keeps steady, and the mills are well employed. The raw material and yarns and threads are steady in price. There is some ground to believe that in England, as well as in Ireland, a good deal more flax will be sown this yeur than last. CAMBRIDGE HONOURS.—The highest mathema tical honours in the University of Cambridge are this year divided between the south and the north of Englald, the senior wrangler, Mr. Purkise, to whom the first Smith's prize has been awarded, being a pupil of the City of London School; while the second wrangler, Mr. Turnbull, who is also the second Smith's prizeman, is a pupil of St. Peter's School, York. Mr. Turnbull, who is a native of Hackness, near Scarborough, was elected from St. Peter's School to a minor scholarship at Trinity, and wee first in the college examinations of 1861 and 1862, in which year he gained a scholarship. He also obtained the Mathematical Exhibition in the University of London in 1801, and again in 1862, 112 a lt 105 I 30 40 110 i i i IVO 901 110 i 9i I 130,1 I _ t'4i 104 i vsa Effects of the late Lord Lyndhurst, The great room at Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods was crowded yesterday, and the prices realised were enor mous, The following were the more remarkable lots:- Dresden, old Sevres, and Oriental Porcelain-153. A pair of small metal gilt candelabra, with old Dresden figures of children and flowers encrusted-Sl2 10s. (Bassett). 159. A fine Marcolini Dresden bowl and cover, painted with birds and insects-Lll 10s. (Walsh). 161. A pair of large, basket pattern Dresden vases, encrusted with flowers and fruits ; glass shades and stands-Ll5 lOs (Cooper). 162. A French clock, by Jadin, in case of Dresden porcelain, encrusted with flowers-L9 53 (Leask), 163. A pair of Dresden vases with ',pierced covers, surmounted by bouquets of flowers, painted and encrusted with flowers and figures ; glass shades and stands-£ll 103 (Ditto). 161. A rare Oriental bottle, with ornaments in colours, in circles on white ground-£3 lOs (Durlacher). 165. A pair of Dresden vases, encrusted with Mayfl iwers, and with guelder rose-branches and birds in relief--£9 5s (Leask). 169. A tulip inkstand, mounted in ormolu, inlaid with Sevres plaques and with two Sevres cups -£9 15s (Girth). 176. A pair of large French two-handled vases, with subjects of figures in medallions on gold ground, one imperfect-£9lss (Leask). 180. Head of Napoleon 1., taken after his death. An exquisite miniature by Madame Jocolot, on Sevres porcelain, 01 which only three copies were made, in engraved metal gilt open work frame-Xl2 (B. Benjamin). 181 and 183. A triangular inkstand of Sevres, with three cups, painted with birds in medallions and mounted with ormolu, and a pair of boxes, formed as citrons, encrusted with flowers in colours, glass shades and stands, From Queen Charlotte's Collection-Ll4 (Bassett). IS4 and 5. A pair of Dresden busts of children, and another of Dresden figures of children; glass shades and stands £ll (Wertheimer). 193 and 4. A pair of Oriental jars and covers, with ornaments in gold and colours on blue ground. another pair smaller ditto-£lB (Miller). 197-9. Nine small silver toy ornaments, with glass shades and stands, and three toy dishes, covers, and stands, all of silver-251 guineas (Mr Tile). 202. A pair of Marcolini Dresden flower pots,with festoons of foliage and goat's head handles, painted with buds and flowers with hyaciaths-£26 lOs (J. Russell). 203. A very fine old Dresden vase and cover, surmounted by a bouquet of flowers, of scroll design, with openwork neck, painted with a conversation subject, and birds. in medallions, pencilled with gold on crimson ground £l3 lOs (Miller). 204. A pair of Dresden openwork baskets, painted and encrusted with flowers-XlO. (Ditto). 20:5. A dejaissior, service of old Sevres, turquoise, pencilled with gold, and painted with exotic birds in medallions, consisting of teapot and cover, suerier and cover, milispot and four cups and saueers-Ll5 5s (Attenborough). 208. A pair of magnificent old Nankin jars and covers, covered with ornaments in blue, on white ground, and with bands of plants and dragons, 46in high-Ll2O. (Durlacher). 209. A pair of Oriental jars and covers, of extraordinary fine quality, rich crimson ground, enamelled with flowers, birds, and insects, in brilliant colours, on white compart ments ; 18 inches high-125 guineas (Durlacher). 211. A very fine and rare triple gourd-shaped bottle, enamelled with plants in colours, on white ground, with ormolu rim; 26 inches high-78 guineas (Ditto). 213. Thirty-six fine old Sevres plates, painted with baskets of flowers, with green and gold borders-L35 (Wells). Decorative Furni ture and Ornamental Objects.-216. A very fine old French bracket clock, by Grobie l'aine, in case of ormolu of fine scroll design and green shell,' with enamelled and chased ormolu dial--£27 (Leask). 217-19, A pair of Louis XVI, carved and gilt chairs, the seats and backs covered with crimson silk damask, and 16 others covered with amber, crimson, and yellow silk dateask-£3l 5s (Ditto. 220-1. A fine old carved and gilt pier table, with scrolls, fes toons, and foliage, moulded slab, 44in wide, and a fine old French clock, by Imbert, with enamelled and chased dial, in case, and on bracket of tulipwood, richly mounted with ormolu-S2l 15s (Ditto). 222. An old French writ ing table, of king and tulip wood, with three drawers, richly mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green morocco leather; 59in by 26in-£23 (Leask). 223. A small oblong tray -top table, of inlaid satin wood, with shelf beneath, and brass gallery; 21in by 14in-Ll5 lOs (Weaver). 224 and 5. A beautiful old carved and gilt pier table, with busts, scrolls, and festoons, with moulded marble slab, 331 inches wide, and an old English pier glass, in two divisions, in gilt frames, richly carved with scrolls and flowers, about 61ft by 3ft-Ll7 ss. (Waters.) 226. A pair of oval glasses, in elegantly carved and gilt frames, suspended from ribands, 26in by 17in-£24 10s, ( Weaver), 227. A pair of pedestal cabinets, the doors formed of slabs of fine old coloured marqueterie, mounted with ormolu marble slabs, 37in wide-17 guineas (Waters). 228. A very fine Louis XVI. upright secretaire of inlaid wood, with a falldown front, enclosing drawers and sliding doors beneath, mounted with ormolu, in exquisite taste, with Brescia marble slab, 42in wile-78 guineas (Russell). 229. A beautiful Louis XVI. clock, by Lieutaud, with ena melled dial, in case of architectural design, surmounted by a vase and with festoons of folliage ; a trophy beneath; glass shade and stand-L63 (Morland). 230. A pair of Oriental deep-blue bottles, richly mounted with necks, tall upright handles, and feet of ormolu, with lions' masks and festoons of drapery, in the finest taste of Louis XIV, ; glass shades and stands (from the late Earl of Lichfield's collection at Shuckborough)—£7s (A.ttenborough). 231. A pair of fine old French candelabra, with Bacchanalian boys in bronze, after Clodion, bearing cornucopia branches of ormolu for two lights each, on fluted half columns of statuary marble, mounted with ormolu. From the same collection—£43 (Durlacher). 232 and 3. An old French writing table, of inlaid kingwood, with three drawers mounted with ormolu, the top covered with green morocco leather, G 2 in by 33in, and an oblong table, of old French marquetcrie, with rising top, mounted with ormolu, 28in by 18in-38 guineas (ditto). 234. A fine oblong-shaped writing table, of Reisner marqueterie,inlaid with flowers and foliage in coloured woods, with two drawers, mounted with ormolu angles and feet, 33in by 20in-19 guineas (Annoot). 235. A Louis XIV, commode, of marqueterie, with two large and three smaller drawers, mounted with ormolu, with Brescia marble slab; 51in wide—£l7 5s (Russell). 236. A pair of handsome ormolu candelabra, of classic design. with branches for five lights each, chased with masks, foliage, and lions' feet, glass shades—£l6 lOs (Hancock). 237. A Louis XIV. clock, by Duquet, with enamelled and chased dial, in old black buhl case, mounted with or mulu-430 10s (Waters). 239. A very handsome six leaved screen, of Japan lacquer, with buildings, figures, and flowers in gold on black ground--£4O (ditto). 242. A handsome oblong despatch box of mahogany, mounted and inlaid with brass, with the arms and Crown of Franca and Royal cipher; the lock and key made by Louis XVI., and two extra keys, engraved " Clement, valet do chambre, ta pissier —6beniste du Rai," in outer morocco leather case, formerly the property of the Duo do Berri-30 guineas (Holmes). 211 and 215. A pair of carved and gilt tripod troncheres, supported on eagles, and a beautiful group in alabaster of Venus and Adonis, 23 inches high, with glass shade-36i guineas (Waters). 247. A beautiful oblong Reisner writing-table, of trellis pattern parque terie, with writing slide and drawer with inkstand, brass gallery, and highly finished ormolu ornaments, in the style of Gouthier ; 32 inches by 191 (Annoot). 20. A fine circular slab of statuary marble, inlaid with flowers in coloured Italian marbles, on metal-gilt tripod, with eagles' heads and feet ; a fine old Furstenburg dish beneath—L26. (Leask.) 250. A Louis X VI. writing-table of mahogany, mounted with gallery and m;uldings of or molu, with three drawers, and inkstand at the back above, the top covered with morocco leather—£3s (Atten borough). 251. A Louis XVI. secretaire, of mahogany, with cylinder front, enclosing writing-slide and five drawers beneath, and three above, with brass mouldings and gray marble slab-28 guineas (Bassett). 252. A Louis XIV. clock, by Couturier, with enamelled dial, in handsome case of ormolu, with the figure of a child seated on books, and a festoon of flowers, glass shade and stand-25 guineas (Leask). This was the last of the ornamental objects. The remaining household furniture and effects and the library will be sold at the mansion in George-street, lianover square, during the rest of the week. THE PETROLEUM TRADE.—The remarkable de velopment of the trade in petroleum is exciting greatattentiun on the other side of the Atlantic. "North America," says the New York Tribune, " seems to be in all respects an exceptional region. Coal and iron rose here, within a single lifetime, into national importance. The gold of California became a gigantic staple within a twelvemonth. The last of these extraordinary eccen tricities is petroleum. Four years have been sufficient to elevate it from the worthless condition of a floating pellicle on the surface of an obscure creek to the rank of a prime staple, of which the world cannot get enough. There is nothing in the history of industrial develop ment to equal the progress it has made." The Tribune proceeds as follows-e" Up to 1863 the progress of;the petro leum trade astonished everybody. But that of the past year has exceeded all expectation. It is evident the wells have no bottom. 'What the product for the year has been we cannot say. It may be that in the excitement of a highly prosperous business no accurate account has been kept. But the customhouse figures give some indication. Petro.. leum is exported to every country in the world, In 1861 we shipped 1,112,476 gallons; in 1862 it rose to 10,887,701 gal lons; and in 1863 it reached the extraordinar y quantity of 28,000,000. Of this tota l, 19,514,604 gallonsn export, e th exp We home shipped o e f r om this port. In addition to this foreign demand is enormous. Though the whole business is strictly a new one, yet'it has already assumed shape and stability. Ships .for conveying it to England are con structed oil tight, and the barrels emptied directly into the held, thus carrying it in hulk. The export of last year employed what was equal to 252 ships of I,oeo tuns each, and was worth nearly 15,000,000 dollars it refined, or about 12,000,000 dollars if crude, The ex port fur this year is estimated at 40,000,000 gallons. Refined coal oil is, now as coloarleso as water, and quite as free from smell, It is burned in lamps of tens of thou sands of families, and fortunes have been realised by the inventors of lamps and the manufacturers of shades and chimneys. The consurep'.ien for illurninatieg purposes has only just begun. As the pleasantest and cheapest light, next to gas, it is destined to supersede all but the latter. Like iron, gold, and coal, no one can fix the limit of con sumption. It can only be arrested by failure on the wells to yield. Of this goelogiets meat that there is little pro bability,". IMPERIAL PARLIIXENT HOUSE OP COMMONS—This Day. Tie SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. Oa the motion of Mr. LONGFIELD the order for the second reading of this bill was discharged, with the under standing that the measure should be originated in the House of Lords as previously. LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRE LAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL. In consequence of the absence cf Irish members at the assizes the second reading of the bill was postponed until April 27. MALT TAX CATTLE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. BASS objected to tha measure, and said that its nature was not properly understood throu;h out the country, and was regarded by the farmers with great dissatisfaction. He denied that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made out a satisfactory case for this bill. The right hon. gentleman said that the duty on beer was 25 per cent, but the farmers calculated that it amounted to 75 per cent., and although he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that the duty on foreign wines which came into competition with beer was from 50 to 100 per cent., he (Mr. Bass) from information received from the highest authorities on this subject in London was led to the con clusion that the duty on the foreign wines amounted to not more than 27 per cent. Ha (Mr. Bass) therefore submitted that this was a reasonable argument why the duty on beer which the Chancellor of the Exchequer said was 25 per cent. should be reduced one half. (Hear, hear,) He was convinced that the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not prove satisfactory, in whatever light it was regarded, and that the only remedy for the grievance of which the right hon. gentleman complained was to reduce the malt duty one half. Mr. DU CANE said that, during the interval between tho present time and the second reading of the bill, he had com municated with his constituency (an agricultural one), who were unanimous with regard to this measure, and their opi nion might be summed up in one word, namely, that the more they looked at it the less they liked it. (Hear, hear.) He considered that if anything was calculated to make malt stars rogues this bill would effectually do it, because it held forth to them a premium for the adulteration of linseed. Before concluding he would quote the words of a poet with whom the right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was familiar : " Timeo Dannas et done ferextes." (Laughter.) [LEFT SITTING.] THE ENGAGEMENT AT DUPPEL, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) OFFICIAL PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT, BERLIN, FEB. 23, 1.50 An official despatch published today says : " At daybreak yesterday the Roder, Caustein, and Groben Brigades, accompanied by artillery, made a reconnaissance towards the entrenchments of Dup pel within the range of the guns. .Fielei Marshal von Wrangel, the Crow a Prince, and Prince Frederick . Charles of Prussia were on the field. " Our loss was three killed and . 2o wounded. "We have several officers and 200 rank and file of the enemy prisoners, and have taken several flags. LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Queen hes been graciously pleesed to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Duncan Alexander Cameron, C.B. (having the local rank of Lieutenant- General while in the command of the troops in New Zea land), to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN• OFFICE, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Otis Johnson as Consul in the Bahama Islands for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. 'ihe Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Eduardo Verdegay as Vice-Consul at Newcastle for her Majesty the Quee.a of Spain. The Que42n has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Nel- Elia Arnold' as Vice-Consul at Dublin for the Republic of Haiti. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 23. The Quren has been pleased to appoint Joseph William natal, Esq.. to be Grief Commissioner of Lands and AVorxs end Surveyor-General for the colony of British Columbia. IVEITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Queen has 1:x pleased to present the Rev. Robert Francis Colvin to the church and parish of St. Leonard's, in the Presbytery of St. Andrew's, and county of Fife, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Cook, D.D. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 22. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a notification from the Pius sian Ambassador, that the beacons at Swinemunde wt.ro extinguished on the 11th instant. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 23. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. M. C. O'Dell, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain of the Third Class. ADMIRALTY, FEE. 23. With reference to the London Gazette of the 16th inst., Retired Captain Reginald Yorko has been advanced front the 9th inst., to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, under the pro visions of her Majesty's Order in Council of Aug, 1, 1860. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the liazette : John William Seex, china dealer, Chelsea Benjamin James Ladd, baker, Bermondsey John Cash, builder, Camden-town Henry Pask, painter, Old Saint Pancras-road John Gaskell, farmer, Thornhaugh Wm. Harris, baker, Shoreditch George Falconer, florist, Peckham Charles Wiblin, jun., butcher, Oxford David Picken, coal merchant, Daniel Faulkner, butcher, Abingdon Abraham Downton, cheesemonger, Pentonville-road Albert Heymeeon, tailor, Oxford-market BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Brown; brickmaker, Bradford SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. David M'Connell, farmer, Ayrshire William Heron, woollen merchant, Edinbu"gh Irvine and Bryce, mvinfactuling chemists, Glaspw Robert M'Connell, farmer, Girvan William M'Connell, farmer, M'Crindleston, Ayrshire John Chalmers, farmer, Boharm, Banffshire. Course of the Exchange.•--Yesterd3p. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 Of 12 1 Antwerp --25 65 25 721 Brussels — 25 65 25 721 lialaburgh — 13 8 13 8 Paris .• Short. 25 34 25 40 Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 72; 25 774- Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —. 119;; 119 i Vienna Trieste Petersburgh. - Berlin 48 Madrid 'll il• - 47 4n Cadiz Leghorn — 25 87& 25 921 25 87 , 1 25 921 Milan • • • • ._ 25 87t 25- 92t. Genoa N les ..- 25 87/ 25 921. p a .._ 25 87i 25 ..),i Palermo Messina — 25 87 i 25 O2i Lisbon — 52 52. Oporto...- Foreign Gold in Bars (standard), per 0z.... £3. 17 9 Mexican Dollars . ...... 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ............. 0 5 13 Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and Mauritius, v i a MAILS DUE. via Marseilles .........liar. H. 43razil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. CITE) of Good Hope, Abeeusion and St. Ifelena..Feb. ::fr.. Southampton. ...... Mar. 20. S China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar..). - via Marseilles ...Feb. 27. G i Falkland bl. al ta r , I s y l i a a n d s Feb. 26. Seutb.ampton ....... India (Calcutt a ), and Ceylon, via South am p ton.. Mar. 3. _.via Marseilles ....Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 2G. -- via Marseilles Mar. 7. ...... Portugal.... Feb. 26, Malta, Egypt, a nd Aden, via Southampton. via Marseilles Feb. 27. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .! .......... U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 25. . by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packct.Feb. 2G. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 10. Bahamas, via New York . Mar. 11. Mexico ....Feb. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru ' I Feb. 29. California. and British Columbia . PRIZE TO TUB ALABAMA.—MAURITIUS, Jan. 12. —The Reward (British brig) is reported as having bee condemned at St. Mary's, being leaky. She wasbound hero n from Fonlpaint, with a large quantity of the cargo off of en American vessel, said to be the Sea Bride, captured the Cape of Good Hope by the Confederate steamer haAldabama, been and sold at that place. T he American vessel ordered out of St. 'Mary's, and WAr at anchor at a Malagast port north of the latter p l ac e. The cargo on boa rd the Reward had been discharged. TIM GOATIMAND RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —The fifth day's inquiry at Whitby has liedresue in arope, verdict c of "accidentally kille d by the breaking of tw whih was insufficient for the purposes cf the incline, with a cen sure on the cfmipaUY . CRYSTAL PALACE.—Oze Shilling Day, Ti..:slr j ) . . F e b. 23.—Admissums CII payments, 241 ; ditto by seam], I tickets, 410; total vibitore, 634 ti le age. lat' It not ) 14. 00' all' la 1 tb ° tbi s frovi 0 9 ° r , d ,. 109 bane 4(4 8 :it 011 , foe „tit° solit s%fici B at , . ,ro:, 0- 2, a Fli Po ter 0 0° IV or d! io , •ero' 0 0$ : Cef 1- ,I St. ,1 f" fr° ll ' (ea t po-' B i ai'